Improvement in coverings for roofs



R. U. PIPER.

Covering for Roofs.

N0. 134,702. Patented Jan. 7, 1873.

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RICHARD U. PIPER, OF GIRARD, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TOMONROE HEATH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN COVERINGS FOR ROOFS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 134,702, dated January7, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD U. PIPER, of Girard, in the county of Branchand State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin the Covering of Roofs; and I hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of roofs which are protected by acovering consisting of sheets commonly called board or paper board, orof sheets of other flexible covering, consisting of canvas or any otherfibrous material and it consists in the application of metallic stripsupon such sheets, when they are applied to a roof, so that the same willbe securely held in place and the covering rendered perfectlywater-proof.

Heretofore sheets of paper, 850., have been attached to roofs ofbuildings by nails and cement, and such sheets, by reason of theirexposure to weather, invariably break away from the nails or cement,curl up at their edges,

and allow water to leak through the roof. Moreover, such sheets areoften torn entirely ofl' by the violence of the wind.

These and other defects I overcome by the use of metallic strips, whichI arrange upon the beforementioned roofcovering sheets in substantiallythe following manner:

Sheets of paper board, canvas, &c., previously rendered fireproof intheir manufacture, are laid upon a roof either transversely orlongitudinally, and where two such sheets meet their adjacent edges arelapped over, as shown at B C in the accompanying drawing, where I haverepresented one of the strips curled up in order to show thelappingedges of two sheets, and also represented a portion of one sheettorn away, in order to more clearly show the same. If the sheets ofroofing material are laid as shown at the side No. 2, then the loweredges of the sheets are secured by a metallic strip, d, the laps .of thesheets are covered by strips 1), and narrow strips are laid upon saidsheets to give them additional security. These strips are fastened downby nails, screws, or other equivalent means. A broad strip, A,previously shaped to the angle of the roof or otherwise, is thenfastened to the top of the roof and over the ends of the strips 1) c, asshown. If the sheets are laid with regard to the length of the roof, asshown, at the side marked No. 1, the edges which meet are overlapped,and strips 0 6 fastened down upon the same. The ends of strips 0 e arecovered by strips f f, which also protect and secure the end edges ofthe sheets of roof-covering material, and then the capstrip A is appliedin the manner hereinbefore referred to.

By such means a simple, cheap, and efl'ect' ual fire-proof roof isobtained, which excludes the possibility of leakage, or of the sheets'bfroofing material being accidentally torn off, and by which I am enabledto form a strong, safe roofcovering,which sh all consist of sheets ofpaper board, canvas, or other fibrous material.

It is obvious that variations with regard to the number, size, andposition of the strips may be made without departing from my invention,and that the strips may be madeof brass, copper, iron, or any othermetallic or equivalent substance. I especially desire that the materialshould be either naturally noncombustible or else artificially renderedso.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The method of securing sheets of board, paper board, canvas, or otherfibrous material upon roofs, by means of thin metallic or equivalentstrips applied and arranged substantially as and for the purpose hereinshown and set forth.

RICHARD U. PIPER.

Witnesses MUNROE HEATH, JAs. G. SAVAGE.

